Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, Nov. 19-Bret Robbins, CEO of Ascendant Studios, the developer of the magic shooting game Legend of the Immortals, recently told XEP that sales were in trouble shortly after the launch of the Legend of the Immortals, and the studio laid off nearly half of its employees just weeks after the game was launched.

Robbins said it was impossible to postpone the launch date because the immortal Legend and Armored Core 6 were released at about the same time, followed by Starsky. Most importantly, Robbins said, "No one expected that Baird's Gate 3 would go viral before the release of the Legend of the Immortal."

"I've never seen a year like this," he said. "it's always hard to break through when you're a new IP or a studio that people have never heard of before. trying to raise awareness is a very difficult thing."it's really hard. It's always hard for a new IP, and this year it's 10 times harder."

In terms of layoffs, CTOnews.com learned from Robbins' reply, "layoffs are really bad." There are no two ways to solve this problem, "he said." We are not a big company. Our business depends on selling games, but we don't sell enough games. This forced me to make this decision, which is really unfortunate. These are the people I work closely with, and they put their heart and soul into the game. You never, never want to do this. "

Robbins added that he is glad that some of them have found new jobs and that as Ascendant continues to grow, he hopes to work with many of them again.

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"due to mediocre reviews of the game, the developer announced that 45% of its employees would be laid off."

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